Special Reports – Global Edition
Ahead of the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP29 – which kicks off in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week, University World News explores ways in which higher education is or ought to be responding to the urgent need for more graduates with the sustainability skills required for the world’s rapidly growing number of green jobs.
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In advance of the United Nations’ Summit of the Future, University World News is publishing the latest in its series of special reports on higher education and sustainability. This report focuses on how ‘learning organisations’ that are innovative and adaptable are helping to advance education for sustainable development worldwide.
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There were multiple activities around higher education and sustainability at the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held in New York from 8 to 17 July 2024, coordinated by the UN’s Higher Education Sustainability Initiative, HESI. University World News reports.
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Research that uses generative AI is expanding rapidly across fields, and is accelerating and transforming scientific knowledge. For three months University World News has published a weekly series of articles on ‘AI and Research’, exploring the multiplying ways in which AI is involved in higher education research, and culminating in this Special Report.
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Higher education can advance healing and reconciliation in situations as varied as post-apartheid South Africa and post-conflict Colombia and strengthen resilience in conflict situations such as Ukraine. But there is also value in helping all students globally develop peace-building skills for life.
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The World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation’s 8th WCRI took place in Athens, Greece, from 2 to 5 June. The biennial WCRIs are key events on the global research integrity calendar that convene experts from across fields to discuss developments in research integrity and to draft a policy statement. University World News reports.
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This University World News series looks at higher education institutions that are making it their mission to become vehicles of societal transformation and champions of planetary health by refocusing teaching, learning and research on engaging with communities to solve local and global challenges.
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The annual ASU+GSV Summit is a collaboration between Arizona State University and venture capital company Global Silicon Valley, held this year in San Diego in the United States from 14-17 April. It is a leading education technology summit at which researchers and innovators debate developments and trends in digital learning and skills. University World News reports.
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University World News was the media partner at the 2024 ABET Symposium, titled “Science Fiction to Science Fact: The impact of AI on higher education” and held in Tampa, Florida, in the United States from 4-5 April. In this special report, our journalists cover the symposium and present an overview of AI in higher education the world over.
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In support of the global effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, University World News – in partnership with global quality assurance provider ABET – is publishing a series of special reports on how higher education can best equip students with the skills, knowledge and values needed to shape a sustainable future. This time, we focus on ‘cultural diversity’.
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